A HIKER has been found dead at the bottom of an 80-foot waterfall after cries for help were heard.
Robert Carey Jr, of California, was reported missing after failing to return from a hike at San Gorgonio Peak on April 30.
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Carey’s family said that while he was an experienced hiker, he had not hiked this peak before.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said they received calls from people in the area who apparently heard cries for help.
Cops and fire crews were dispatched to Forest Falls as they combed the scene.
Helicopter crews were also sent to the area and officials found an unresponsive victim.
Authorities estimate Carey fell around 80 feet and coroners believe died of traumatic injuries, The Mercury News reports.
Authorities had to temporarily suspend the recovery mission as it was complex.
Carey’s remains were later recovered at the base of Big Falls Waterfall, the sheriff’s department said.
“The Carey family expressed their extreme gratitude with the heroic efforts displayed by all involved emergency personnel,” officers said.
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Forest Falls is a community located 20 miles east of San Bernardino.
San Gorgonio Mountain is the highest peak in southern California at around 11,500 feet.
Officials say that inexperienced hikers tend to get into trouble trying to climb the rocks or cross the creek.
Meanwhile, two hikers Stephen Reid and his wife Djeswende who vanished over the Easter weekend in New Hampshire were found shot dead in the woods on April 21.
And, on April 4, hiker Margaret Osswald fell 20 feet to her death while on a Grand Canyon boating trip along the Colorado River.
The accident occurred near the campsite was Osswald was staying.
Friends attempted CPR following her fall, but she remained unresponsive and was later pronounced dead, according to the Arizona Republic.
Osswald’s death came just days after Mary Kelley was pulled from the Colorado River.
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